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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1945
Page
3
County trucks will again collect used tin cans city wide on March 14 led by Byron Ellis salvage chairman. Cans must be rinsed labeled and both ends cut out before submission to ensure tin is removed from inside and outside. Aimed at rationing needs the drive urges housewives to start saving now and avoid flattening or neglecting labels.
Swedish reports show Baltic area refugees flood Sweden with 165,000 adults and 45,000 Finnish children. About 106 camps including 60 quarantine sites house them, with 25,000 arriving in two months and 1,300 in a single October day.
A Kansas City doctor offers a no cost trial of a new rupture truss marketed as comfortable and strap free. Readers can try the invention for 30 days and receive a $3.50 truss at no charge, with a full refund if unsatisfied, by writing the Physician's Appliance Co. at 1426 Koch Bldg or 2906 Main St.
James Marlow explains how selective service quietly creates a two tier draft system by lowering army physical standards and reclassifying 2-A and 2-B men with F flags. About 500000 formerly 4-F men in limbo could be drafted if they pass new lowered standards.
The St Louis Board of Aldermen debated a restaurant health bill when lipstick on beer glasses became a talking point. Alderman Harry Stoffer joked he liked lipstick on his glass while Health Commissioner Bredeck argued lipstick signals unclean glasses and warned it may transfer to lips.
Four American officers including Lt. John C. Hooker Jr of Dallas took leave from Army duties to land with Commandos on Akyab Island on the Burma Coast last week. A delayed dispatch from Akyab reports the officers joined the first waves following notice of the operation.
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie assesses Japanese expectations of an invasion of Luzon as American air offensives press Formosa. He notes rapid U S moves toward Leyte Mindoro and Marinduque, and warns of bitter fighting as invasion plans unfold toward Luzon or Japan itself.
Austin reports Texas will endure a manpower shortage for many months warns C E Belk state director of the War Manpower Commission. He notes 35 contractors behind schedules versus 84 on Nov 15 and credits worker effort mayoral cooperation and employment service measures for reducing plant production lags.
Lui Liang mo a former Chinese morale officer speaking for United China Relief at Pennsylvania State College predicts internal revolution in Japan after the war. He cites the Committee for the Liberation of Japan formed by Japanese refugees in China and calls for Allied temporary rule to curb the war clique and aid democratic elements. He forecasts Japan’s defeat within a year after Germany falls.
London officials say the Olympic games will not be held for at least ten years after the war. Jack Crump and Walter Jewell criticize discussing the games now, arguing victory in the war is not yet assured and the Olympic spirit must be revived first.
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